SEATTLE -- Bartolo Colon watched the line drive fall into the outfield grass and applauded.
Jason Verrett Chargers Jersey . It was all Colon could do after his attempt to toss the first perfect game in New York Mets
history was thwarted. Colon came within seven outs of a perfect game on
Wednesday afternoon, before giving up a two-out single to Robinson Cano in the
seventh inning of the Mets 3-2 win over the Mariners. Colon left a 2-2 fastball
elevated on the outer half of the plate and Cano served the pitch into left
field, dropping it well in front of Eric Young Jr. "Youre a little disappointed
when they get a hit, but thats what theyre trying to do," Colon said through an
interpreter. "Theyre trying to get a hit and break up the no-hitter." New York
manager Terry Collins went one step further than disappointment. He was certain
if Colon was able to get Cano to finish off the seventh he would have completed
the perfect game. Collins was the Mets manager when Johan Santana ended New
Yorks franchise drought without a no-hitter in 2012. "No doubt. There is no
doubt in my mind that if he got by Cano he ramps it up. You see it a lot,"
Collins said. "But you know, great game by him." A no-hitter is one of the few
things missing from Colons resume. He has a Cy Young. Hes won a World Series
title. Hes made a career comeback after injuries left him out of baseball in
2010. At age 41, Colon is pitching well enough that hes regularly being talked
about as trade fodder for teams needing a starter with the non-waiver trade
deadline rapidly approaching. "I dont know anything about that," Colon said.
"Those are decisions for the upper management and you cant control that stuff."
Colon retired the first 20 batters he faced before Canos single. Colon then had
to hold on as Seattle rallied in the eighth and came within inches of tying the
game on Brad Millers RBI double that hit off the top of the wall. Colon (9-8)
improved to 13-1 all-time at Safeco Field, including his dominance of the
Mariners when he was pitching for the Angels. Seattle had no answers for the
rotund right-hander, who gave up two runs and three hits in 7 1-3 innings. "He
was a Cy Young class guy," Cano said. "He knows how to pitch. Back in the day
when the guy threw hard, everything was middle of the plate, fastball. Now you
see a different guy that moves the ball, both sides, and a pretty good change
up." Colon threw a one-hitter for the Angels against the Yankees in 2000 and was
cruising until the seventh. He got the first two outs of the seventh, but Canos
single ended the bid for perfection. Cano was hitting .400 against Colon
entering the game. Corey Hart led off the eighth walking on a 3-2 pitch, just
the fourth three-ball count Colon reached. After a fly out, Dustin Ackley
singled to right, bringing the tying run to the plate. Miller nearly tied it
with one swing, doubling off the top of the wall in right-centre, missing a home
run by only a couple of feet. Colon was replaced by Jeurys Familia and
Willie Bloomquists infield groundout scored another, but Endy Chavez struck out
to end the threat. Jenrry Mejia got his 13th save pitching the ninth, despite
giving up a pair of singles. "(Colon) was awesome today. Great command of his
fastball. We didnt use his off-speed that much," Mets catcher Anthony Recker
said. "... It made my job really easy." Daniel Murphy had an RBI double in the
first and David Wright had an RBI single in the seventh. New York also had a
score in the fifth when Ruben Tejada was hit in the helmet with a 94 mph
fastball from Seattle starter Taijuan Walker. Tejada instantly crumpled to the
ground before walking off the field on his own power. Tejada passed all initial
testing and was expected to fly with the team to Milwaukee. "It scared me,"
Tejada said. NOTES: The Mets have 38 one-hitters in franchise history. ...
Colons only loss at Safeco field came in 2001 during the Mariners 116-win
season. ... Seattle LHP James Paxton (back) is expected to throw one more rehab
start this weekend in the minors before possibly rejoining the club.
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spot.ZURICH, Switzerland -- A German anti-doping laboratory using a new steroid
test has found 266 positive cases in the past year and is finding other
positives in retesting of old samples. Cologne lab scientist Hans Geyer revealed
detailed figures Friday at an anti-doping conference hosted by FIFA. The lab
found 184 cases involving stanozolol, the banned drug used by sprinter Ben
Johnson at the 1988 Olympics, and 82 of oral turinabol, a steroid widely used in
the former East Germany. Geyer said many of the positives since November 2012
involved athletics, weightlifting and wrestling, and all were reported to the
World Anti-Doping Agency and sports governing bodies. "It was surprising for us,
we didnt expect that many," Geyer told reporters on the sidelines of the
conference. "Most of them were from the first half of this year." German
broadcaster ARD reported this month on the testing at the Cologne and Moscow
labs, and the IOC confirmed it was using the improved method to retest samples
from the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics. Cologne scientists have used a
Russian-developed test which detects steroids in smaller quantities for around
six months after athletes took them. Previously reported cases this year
included dozens of track and field athletes in Turkey, while the International
Weightlifting Federation iddentified 29 athletes on its website who were banned
this year for using one or both of the two steroids.
Drew Kaser Chargers Jersey. Geyer said he was surprised that no athletes challenged the lab results, which typically follows
the introduction of a new test method. "We expected many objections, many
outrages (from athletes) but nothing happened. This is very unusual for a lab,"
he said. More cases are being revealed in re-tests requested by sports bodies,
which the scientist did not identify, and have shown10 per cent positives.
However, Geyer said no new cases have been revealed in testing of samples from
cyclists, footballers or German athletes. "I think its a success of this
strategy to look for long-term metabolites, but the best deterring effect is the
long-term storage (of samples)," he said. Geyer suggested that the improved test
showed the limitations of previous strategies to catch drug cheats. "Maybe the
athletes always knew how long we could detect these substances," he said. "Maybe
the out-of-competition (testing) system doesnt work." The IOC has said the new
test will be used at the Winter Olympics in Sochi in February. It will also be
used in the planned retesting of samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics before
the eight-year statute of limitations expires in 2016.
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